SAP S4 HANA
Mark C. Witthoft
Principal Process Engineer
Mooresville,NC
Summary
Dynamic, Process Engineer seeking a position with challenges in the field of emerging technologies. Desire to use lean tools, to clearly interpret opportunities and drive change within the organization. Consistent track record of collaboration with multidisciplinary team, to provide margin improvement. Proven capability to be a change agent, who has challenged the status quo with consistent positive results.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
year of post-secondary education
Work History
Principal Process Engineer
CommScope
11.2018 - 05.2023
- S4, MS Office, Power BI, Minitab, Draft sight, AutoCAD, SharePoint, Teams, WebEx, Zoom and Visio
- Value Stream Map, Kaizen event, Time studies, SMED, PFMEA etc
- Manage Engineering (P2 building) and the tool room operations
- (Hiring manager role)
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
- Standard work - SOP, ISO14001, TL9000 documentation author/approver
- Write work instructions, and maintain Process Routing / Drawings
- Cost savings PIP 2022 ($520K)
- Power and Fiber optic Hybrid stranding / manufacturing
- (transfer, install, support)
- PPCS to record daily PM and KPIV
- Operations manager substitute
- (as needed)
- Budget and financial analysis for capital asset requests
- (PTP) - Product Transfer Process lead
- Fiber buffer line relocation
- (transfer, install, controls upgrades and support)
- Radiation safety officer (X-ray metrology in use)
- Business Continuity team member
- SME multidiscipline
- Responsible for scrap report out to BU quality lead, with project assignment – Continuous Improvement facing.
Sr. Manufacturing Process Engineer
04.2003 - 11.2018
- Cable concept design development to release (AVA5-50, AVA6-50, AL4RPV-50, AL4RPV-50, AVA5-50FX)
- Process gas replacement
- (GWP reduction achieved corporate governance goal EHS target AOS)
- Process improvement - revised tooling & crosshead design to fix cable jacket defects improving uptime by over 100%
- Generate product deviations as requested based on risk analysis and mitigation
- Manufacturing Facility Layout (green field) design process flow
- Process instructor: develop training for Weld and Extrusion operator and tester training
- Train and release training operators
- (pollination)
- Core/cable prototyping R&D
- Broadband cable development
- Joliet facility closure, relocation to support NC consolidation in 2014.
Education
Operations Management And Supervision
Catawba Valley Community College
Hickory, NC 04.2018 - 08.2018
Engineering (Pre-Engineering)
Joliet Junior College
Joliet, IL 05.2004 - 12.2004
CAD Technology
Mitchell Community College
Mooresville, NC 05.2016 - 08.2016
Skills
Mechanical engineering
Lean environments
Process flow analysis
Improvement tracking
Relationship building
Project oversight
Documents and reports
Schematics understanding
Product development
AutoCAD proficiency
2D and 3D modeling
Budgeting
Production understanding
Teambuilding
Public speaking / presentations
Extrusion -SME
Problem solving
Continuous seam weld SME
Additional Information
- Patents: 7446257 Coaxial Cable with Fine Wire Inner Conductor, and Method of Manufacture. 7902456 Thermal Mass Compensated Dielectric Foam Support Structures for Coaxial Cables and Method of Manufacture.
Accomplishments
- Supervised team of 7 staff members, including Process Engineers and Tool and Die Makers.
- Used Microsoft Excel to calculate BOM usage given different thicknesses of copper used under a temporary deviation.
- Documented and resolved C Band failure which led to cost savings of $150K in one run alone. (scrap reduction)
Software
Draftsight
Power BI
Minitab
MS Office Suite
Visio
MS Teams, PowerPoint, Project, Sharepoint
Excel intermediate training
Concur - expense reporting
Ariba - SAP Purchasing module
Timeline
Principal Process Engineer
CommScope
11.2018 - 05.2023
Operations Management And Supervision
Catawba Valley Community College
04.2018 - 08.2018
CAD Technology
Mitchell Community College
05.2016 - 08.2016
Engineering (Pre-Engineering)
Joliet Junior College
05.2004 - 12.2004
Sr. Manufacturing Process Engineer
04.2003 - 11.2018